Elizabeth Warren's husband calls on supporters to celebrate candidate's birthday with house parties across Massachusetts

6-1-12 -SPRINGFIELD - Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren and her husband Bruce Mann attended the "Remembering and Renewing" ceremony at the Old First Church in Springfield's Court Square, marking the one-year anniversary of the tornado that hit Western Massachusetts. (Republican staff photo by Don Treeger)

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In an email to supporters, Bruce Mann, the husband of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, is calling on fans of the Harvard Law School professor to celebrate her birthday by hosting a party in her honor.

Warren, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., for his Senate seat, will turn 63 on June 22.

"Elizabeth is never eager to celebrate her own birthday. But family birthdays have always been different," Mann, also a Harvard Law professor, said in the email. "Our daughter and son still remember the parties she planned with them and the special cakes she baked for them, and I will always remember the fun she had doing it. Even now, she arranges her calendar around our grandchildren's birthday parties, which they eagerly plan with her."

Mann says that Warren's campaign will provide willing house party hosts with "the necessary materials to invite your friends and engage your neighbors." He also encourages supporters to use her official website to set up a fundraising platform for the Democratic Senate hopeful.

Brown has used similar tactics in fundraising messages, and both candidates have included their own family members in their respective campaigns.

In April, Brown's campaign ran a contest in which one contributor was to be given the chance to spend the day with the senator, riding with him in the famous truck, campaigning and even going for a round of bowling and a beer.

On Friday, Brown's campaign released a new web video featuring his wife Gail Huff and their two daughters telling stories of past Father's Day gifts and adventures. That release comes on the heels of several gender-related pieces of legislation under debate in the Senate, some of which Brown was criticized for opposing.

Both candidates are currently sparring over a slew of debate invitations from organizations and media outlets across the state. While Brown's team has reportedly refused to meet with Warren's campaign to coordinate a schedule and agree to debate formats, both candidates have accepted separate invitations to debates while challenging the other to accept as well.

Brown's campaign has said they are reviewing all proposals on their own. The candidates have mutually agreed to one televised debate in Boston hosted by CBS affiliate WBZ-TV and another in Springfield hosted by a consortium of media outlets in the region.